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Originally Posted by Machette
You don't think the Palestinian people elected Hamas because they were getting sick and tired of what Israel is doing to them? Do you think that it had something do with 1.3 Israelites die compared to 3.4 Palestinians, most of whom are bystanders. I can give you many more comparisons of injustice the Palestinians face.
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Interesting that once again you place all blame on Israel, when the Palestinians
themselves have many more reasons to vote for hamas and remove fatah:
"The two most important issues for the voters were corruption in the Palestinian Authority
--which is dominated by Fatah-- and the inability of the PA to enforce law and order. On both
counts Hamas posed a clear alternative--with its reputation for discipline and incorruptibility.
The third and fourth priorities were economic prosperity and the peace process."
"Knowing that polls showed that more than 85 percent of the public believed the PA was
corrupt and that more than 80 percent felt unsafe in their homes and neighborhoods,
perhaps the most brilliant achievement of Hamas in the weeks leading up to the elections
was to elevate the importance of these two issues to the top of public agenda."
[url=http://www.amin.org/eng/uncat/2006/jan/jan28-0.html:7b01f]Article by Dr. Khalil Shikaki, director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research – Ramallah[/url:7b01f][/quote:7b01f]I was waiting for the "you forgot about Israel" argument. I know I did, Israel is a highly agressive state and I think most people overlook that. I also know that they elected Hamas because of the corruption issue with Fatah, I was just stating that some people felt that Hamas could possibly solve the whole peace deal and give them security.
All you have to do is look at how well America treats Israel. The jews have been in Israel for thousands of years and after the holocaust all the jews flooded into Israel, taking land from Arabs, who also lived there for thousands of years. The U.S then got involved, gave them military aid because neighbouring Arab states also got involved. Then over the years and many peace deals that went by, that could have resolved the whole issue but were not because America and Israel wanted no part in it. Israel has huge backing from the states. It is even noted that Sharon once said something like "Don't worry about the U.S they can't do anything, we control them" (I'm looking for the source, so I'll post it later) It's very easy to blame Israel as it's easy to blame the Arabs who resort to awful terrorism tactics. But both sides are reckless and that's what I want to point out instead of hearing only pro-Israel rhetoric. All you have to do is look at the statistics and draw your own conclusion.